critique – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of critique

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to critique
Participle: critiqued
Gerund: critiquing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Icritique
youcritique
he;she;itcritiques
wecritique
youcritique
theycritique

Perfect

Ihave critiqued
youhave critiqued
he;she;ithas critiqued
wehave critiqued
youhave critiqued
theyhave critiqued

Past

Icritiqued
youcritiqued
he;she;itcritiqued
wecritiqued
youcritiqued
theycritiqued

Pluperfect

Ihad critiqued
youhad critiqued
he;she;ithad critiqued
wehad critiqued
youhad critiqued
theyhad critiqued

Future

Iwill critique
youwill critique
he;she;itwill critique
wewill critique
youwill critique
theywill critique

Future Perfect

Iwill have critiqued
youwill have critiqued
he;she;itwill have critiqued
wewill have critiqued
youwill have critiqued
theywill have critiqued

Subjunctive

Present

Icritique
youcritique
he;she;itcritique
wecritique
youcritique
theycritique

Perfect

Ihave critiqued
youhave critiqued
he;she;ithave critiqued
wehave critiqued
youhave critiqued
theyhave critiqued

Imperfect

Icritiqued
youcritiqued
he;she;itcritiqued
wecritiqued
youcritiqued
theycritiqued

Pluperfect

Ihad critiqued
youhad critiqued
he;she;ithad critiqued
wehad critiqued
youhad critiqued
theyhad critiqued

Conditional

Present

Iwould critique
youwould critique
he;she;itwould critique
wewould critique
youwould critique
theywould critique

Perfect

Iwould have critiqued
youwould have critiqued
he;she;itwould have critiqued
wewould have critiqued
youwould have critiqued
theywould have critiqued

Imperative

youcritique
weLet's critique
youcritique

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam critiquing
youare critiquing
he;she;itis critiquing
weare critiquing
youare critiquing
theyare critiquing

Perfect

Ihave been critiquing
youhave been critiquing
he;she;ithas been critiquing
wehave been critiquing
youhave been critiquing
theyhave been critiquing

Past

Iwas critiquing
youwere critiquing
he;she;itwas critiquing
wewere critiquing
youwere critiquing
theywere critiquing

Pluperfect

Ihad been critiquing
youhad been critiquing
he;she;ithad been critiquing
wehad been critiquing
youhad been critiquing
theyhad been critiquing

Future

Iwill be critiquing
youwill be critiquing
he;she;itwill be critiquing
wewill be critiquing
youwill be critiquing
theywill be critiquing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been critiquing
youwill have been critiquing
he;she;itwill have been critiquing
wewill have been critiquing
youwill have been critiquing
theywill have been critiquing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be critiquing
youwould be critiquing
he;she;itwould be critiquing
wewould be critiquing
youwould be critiquing
theywould be critiquing

Perfect

Iwould have been critiquing
youwould have been critiquing
he;she;itwould have been critiquing
wewould have been critiquing
youwould have been critiquing
theywould have been critiquing

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”), feminine of criticus (“critical”); see critic.

Sample Sentences

  • I want you to critique this new idea of mine.
  • Newly declassified documents from the FBI reveal how the US federal agency under J Edgar Hoover monitored the activities of dozens of prominent African American writers for decades, devoting thousands of pages to detailing their activities and critiquing their work. [2015 February 9, Alison Flood, “FBI monitored and critiqued African American writers for decades”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:]
  • While many commented on the sweet nature of the video, others were quick to critique her parenting choice, with one saying: "Giving food like this to a child is child abuse." [2017 April 15, “Kelly Clarkson accused of 'child abuse' for feeding two-year-old daughter Nutella”, in Independent.ie, retrieved 18 May 2021:]
  • On Tuesday, in what was unquestionably the most quintessential MSNBC moment I caught this week, a protester heckled correspondent Katy Tur for mentioning looting and she conceded that he was right to critique the media’s fascination with that aspect of recent events. [2020 June 5, Judy Berman, “Where You Watch George Floyd Protests Matters. Here’s Why.”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC:]
  • But as this quartet of women filmmakers make new contributions to a very old genre, they’re united […] in critiquing the frontier illusion itself, the fantasy that fleeing toward the next horizon offers riches as well as freedom from the waste and damage left behind. [2021 April 19, Jordan Kisner, “The Western Rides Again”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:]
  • American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten critiqued standardized testing Thursday – and specifically cited the racial makeup of heavily Asian Stuyvesant High School as an example of what’s wrong with the system. [2021 May 13, Selim Algar, “Teachers union chief cites Stuyvesant HS in ripping standardized testing”, in New York Post, retrieved 18 May 2021:]